Thread: Transgender Weightlifter Killing it

Originally Posted by MikeB52

They were gay, being attracted to the same sex. Bisexual, attracted to both. And straight, which was attraction to the opposite sex. That's it. Three choices, or really two with a large gray area in between really.
Now, it's LGBTQIA, which is a much larger acronym to ensure no one orientation is excluded from the inclusive desire that everyone's personal identity is equally valid. Don't offend any one group and all that PC nonsense.
That's incredibly self centric, and overly complicated.

I see where you're coming from, Mike. That acronym has fed my already existing strong dislike of acronyms, and I'm not even sure what all letters stand for. And indeed, some of the terms used can be confusing and perhaps unnecessarily specific. And continual offense is taken at almost every turn by some people with an overly activist mindset, long toes and usually a blog or two.

Most people in the queer scene I have talked to will gladly explain it without taking heaps of offense. That is, if they're sure on all current definitions. But loud borderline militant activists are, well, louder.

Originally Posted by Utopian

And I hate that expression (your last sentence) so much that I think its use should justify the closing of any thread, as well as the temporary banning of the person who "just said" it.

Agreed. The line must be drawn somewhere.

It truly is an awful phrase, I felt dirty when I typed it. I just felt it packed the right amount of douchey punch to the set-up in the same post

Originally Posted by Grazor

Call it a gut feeling, but a little more research... [...] It is obviously for personal gain, define Narcissist...

That does indeed smell fishy. Very fishy, if that is all true.

Best regards,

Pieter

This thread reminded of this story about a female athlete who was "transgendered" by the sports establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Interesting video to watch. But it was not her decision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQhUjaiveAg